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145th Street: Short Stories

By Walter Dean Myers

By Walter Dean Myers

By Walter Dean Myers

By Walter Dean Myers

By Walter Dean Myers

By Walter Dean Myers

By Walter Dean Myers
Read by Brandon Gill, Almarie Guerra, Johnny Heller, Dominic Hoffman, Sullivan Jones, JaQwan J. Kelly, Adenrele Ojo, Paula Parker, Heather Alicia Simms and Bahni Turpin

By Walter Dean Myers
Read by Brandon Gill, Almarie Guerra, Johnny Heller, Dominic Hoffman, Sullivan Jones, JaQwan J. Kelly, Adenrele Ojo, Paula Parker, Heather Alicia Simms and Bahni Turpin

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    About 145th Street: Short Stories

    From the award-winning author of Monster, this collection of powerful and poignant stories about 145th Street—an unforgettable block in the heart of Harlem—celebrates African-American life in all of its glory.

    “Myers is a master.” —The New York Times Book Review

    On Harlem’s 145th Street, things happen that don’t happen anywhere else in the world.

    Get to know Big Joe, who’s throwing his own funeral while he’s here to enjoy it, and everyone’s invited. Meet Kitty and Mack, teens with a love story more real than anything they’ve ever known. Follow Monkeyman, the quietest kid on the block and the last person you’d expect the Tigros gang to target. And don’t miss the block party of the year–the whole neighborhood will be there. 

    From danger and despair to hilarity and joy, literary legend Walter Dean Myers captures every mood and every beat of life in this vibrant Harlem. 

    This twentieth-anniversary edition of Myers’s work features brand-new content, including historical information about Harlem’s rich past, an immersive map of the neighborhood’s iconic landmarks, and touching tributes from authors, artists, and literary legends. Celebrating two decades in print, this edition honors Myers’s enormous legacy and brings his work to a new generation of readers.

    An ALA-YALSA Best Book for Young Adults    

    AWARDS FOR WALTER DEAN MYERS:
    New York Times Bestselling Author
    3-Time National Book Award Finalist
    Michael L. Printz Award
    5 Coretta Scott King Awards
    2 Newbery Honors
    National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature (2012-2013)
    Margaret A. Edwards Award for Lifetime Achievement
    Children’s Literature Legacy Award


    About 145th Street: Short Stories

    From the award-winning author of Monster, this collection of powerful and poignant stories about 145th Street—an unforgettable block in the heart of Harlem—celebrates African-American life in all of its glory.

    “Myers is a master.” —The New York Times Book Review

    On Harlem’s 145th Street, things happen that don’t happen anywhere else in the world.

    Get to know Big Joe, who’s throwing his own funeral while he’s here to enjoy it, and everyone’s invited. Meet Kitty and Mack, teens with a love story more real than anything they’ve ever known. Follow Monkeyman, the quietest kid on the block and the last person you’d expect the Tigros gang to target. And don’t miss the block party of the year—the whole neighborhood will be there.

    From danger and despair to hilarity and joy, literary legend Walter Dean Myers captures every mood and every beat of life in this vibrant Harlem. 

    This twentieth-anniversary edition of Myers’s work features brand-new content, including historical information about Harlem’s rich past, an immersive map of the neighborhood’s iconic landmarks, and touching tributes from authors, artists, and literary legends. Celebrating two decades in print, this edition honors Myers’s enormous legacy and brings his work to a new generation of readers.

    An ALA-YALSA Best Book for Young Adults     

    AWARDS FOR WALTER DEAN MYERS:
    New York Times Bestselling Author
    3-Time National Book Award Finalist
    Michael L. Printz Award
    5 Coretta Scott King Awards
    2 Newbery Honors
    National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature (2012-2013)
    Margaret A. Edwards Award for Lifetime Achievement
    Children’s Literature Legacy Award

    About 145th Street: Short Stories

    An ALA-YALSA Best Book for Young Adults
     
    New Bonus Content:
    -Q&A with Walter Dean Myers
    -Teaser chapter from On a Clear Day
    -Excerpt from Hoops

    The first week of his senior year, everything changed. That’s when Mack met Kitty. She hadn’t finished the sonnet she wrote for him, but she had finished Mack. From that minute on, he was stupid in love.
     
    That’s just Kitty and Mack.
     
    But everybody on the block has a story to tell.

    A salty, wrenchingly honest collection of stories set on one block of 145th Street. We get to know the oldest resident; the cop on the beat; fine Peaches and her girl, Squeezie; Monkeyman; and Benny, a fighter on the way to a knockout. We meet Angela, who starts having prophetic dreams after her father is killed and Big Joe, who wants a bang-up funeral while he’s still around to enjoy it. Some of these stories are private, and some are the ones behind the headlines. In each one, characters jump off the page and pull readers right into the mix on 1-4-5.

    About 145th Street: Short Stories

    From the award-winning author of Monster, this collection of powerful and poignant stories about 145th Street—an unforgettable block in the heart of Harlem—celebrates African-American life in all of its glory.

    “Myers is a master.” —The New York Times Book Review

    On Harlem’s 145th Street, things happen that don’t happen anywhere else in the world.

    Get to know Big Joe, who’s throwing his own funeral while he’s here to enjoy it, and everyone’s invited. Meet Kitty and Mack, teens with a love story more real than anything they’ve ever known. Follow Monkeyman, the quietest kid on the block and the last person you’d expect the Tigros gang to target. And don’t miss the block party of the year—the whole neighborhood will be there.

    From danger and despair to hilarity and joy, literary legend Walter Dean Myers captures every mood and every beat of life in this vibrant Harlem. 


    Stories and and touching tributes from authors, artists, and literary legends reflecting on Myer’s legacy are narrated by:

    Brandon Gill 
    Almarie Guerra
    Johnny Heller
    Dominic Hoffman
    Sullivan Jones
    JaQwan J. Kelly
    Adenrele Ojo
    Paula Parker
    Heather Alicia Simms
    Bahni Turpin

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    Riot
    What They Found
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    See all books by Walter Dean Myers

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    Hoops
    Riot
    What They Found
    Best African American Fiction
    See all books by Walter Dean Myers

    About Walter Dean Myers

    Walter Dean Myers (1937-2014) was one of the premier authors of children’s books. Among his many honors are two Newbery Honor Books, Scorpions and Somewhere in the Darkness. He is also a two-time recipient of the Coretta Scott King Award for Now Is Your… More about Walter Dean Myers

    About Walter Dean Myers

    Walter Dean Myers (1937-2014) was one of the premier authors of children’s books. Among his many honors are two Newbery Honor Books, Scorpions and Somewhere in the Darkness. He is also a two-time recipient of the Coretta Scott King Award for Now Is Your… More about Walter Dean Myers

    About Walter Dean Myers

    Walter Dean Myers (1937-2014) was one of the premier authors of children’s books. Among his many honors are two Newbery Honor Books, Scorpions and Somewhere in the Darkness. He is also a two-time recipient of the Coretta Scott King Award for Now Is Your… More about Walter Dean Myers

    About Walter Dean Myers

    Walter Dean Myers (1937-2014) was one of the premier authors of children’s books. Among his many honors are two Newbery Honor Books, Scorpions and Somewhere in the Darkness. He is also a two-time recipient of the Coretta Scott King Award for Now Is Your… More about Walter Dean Myers

    Product Details

    Category: Teen & Young Adult Fiction

    Paperback | $9.99
    Published by Ember
    Feb 14, 2012 | 208 Pages | 5-1/2 x 8-1/4 | Young Adult | ISBN 9780307976109

    Category: Teen & Young Adult Fiction

    Hardcover | $17.99
    Published by Delacorte Press
    Jan 14, 2020 | 208 Pages | 5-1/2 x 8-1/4 | Young Adult | ISBN 9780593119662

    Category: Teen & Young Adult Fiction

    Ebook | $9.99
    Published by Delacorte Press
    Nov 13, 2001 | 192 Pages | Young Adult | ISBN 9780385729840

    Category: Teen & Young Adult Fiction | Audiobooks

    Audiobook Download | $15.00
    Published by Listening Library
    Jan 14, 2020 | 311 Minutes | Young Adult | ISBN 9780593153741
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    Praise

    “Myers has a great natural style . . . and is completely at home in a Harlem depicted without adulation but with great affection.” —The Horn Book Magazine, Starred

    “Readers will find that they could settle in for hours and take it all in.” —Publishers Weekly, Starred

    “Fast, wry, and honest . . . the search for personal identity is at the heart of this lyrical collection, and so is the sense of the place.” —Booklist, Boxed

    Awards

    ALA Best Books for Young Adults WINNER 2001

    ALA Quick Pick for Young Adult Reluctant Readers WINNER 2001

    Maine Student Book Award WINNER 2001

    Texas TAYSHAS High School Reading List WINNER 2001

    New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age FINALIST

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